ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27890
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| Date: | Thursday 30 December 1926 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.50J |
| Owner/operator: | North Sea Aerial & General Transport |
| Registration: | G-EBOP |
| MSN: | 281 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Kisumu, Nyanza -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Kisumu, Kenya (KIS/HKKI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First civil registered (C of R 1280) 05/07/1926 as G-EBOP to North Sea Aerial & General Transport Ltd., Leeds, West Yorkshire (although usually based at Brough, East Yorkshire) and named "Pelican".
Overturned and badly damaged taxying during engine test, Blue Nile, Khartoum; repaired and returned to service. The three persons on board (pilot and two passengers) were uninjured:
Eric Hardy Oxley-Boyle unhurt (pilot, Flying Officer, RAFO)
N. Blacklock (passenger, unhurt)
Mr Crall (passenger, unhurt)
Written off in a later accident on 17 October 1927 and Registration G-EBOP cancelled by the CAA due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft" 23/01/1928
Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBOP.pdf
2. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/82-register-gb-g-eb
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E3.html
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh50j-kisumu
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accmisc.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 October 1927 | G-EBOP | North Sea Aerial & General Transport Ltd | 0 | Kisumu, Nyanza | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Feb-2014 03:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2019 18:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2019 18:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase] |
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